Re: Suggestion

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:39 AM 5/7/2003, you wrote:
> Would it be possible to quantify lurkers?

I'm not sure what you mean here.

> OTOH, lurkers are there to glean information without contributing (my
> personal perception!).

What's wrong with that?

> There is a large difference between a newbie
> (WAFU, for my 'blue sky ' mates *) and someone who is employed by a
> company and now uses this forum to harness information that will assist
> them in delivering what their CV stated they are capable of.

<blink>  Huh?  Where did that come from?  I really think that if someone 
doesn't know how to program RPG, asking a few questions in RPG400-L isn't 
going to help much.  People have tried ... and it just doesn't work.

> I know that you cannot identify, by region, those who post via
> HOTMAIL,etc. Apart from those, could you identify by region.

Not really ... it's not meaningful.  If I really wanted to, I might be able 
to break it down by domain ... but that's it.
I'm really curious as to your motivation behind this message ... could you 
elaborate a bit?  Feel free to email me privately if you wish.

david